COVID-19 팬데믹에서의 미국 내 범죄 동향과 한국의 범죄 정책제언 = Crime Patterns in the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S. and Criminal Justice Implication for South Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The widespread of COVID-19 virus became a national disaster across the world in 2020 and resulted in tremendous loss of lives. In response to the pandemic, governments have taken all the actions to reduce conviction cases and curb the spread. Many parts of the everyday life of citizens also have been influenced by the pandemic and massive government policies designed to combat COVID-19. Crime is not an exception. Sizable studies have reported that crime has decreased since COVID-19. The current study aims to examine the change in crime patterns since the COVID-19 pandemic in order to suggest criminal policies based on study findings. We analyzed publicly available arrest data from the New York Police Department between January 1st, 2019, and March 31st, 2021, using mean comparison and interrupted times series analysis. We divided each year into 52 weeks for the times series analysis and categorized crime as property crime, violent crime, and crime in total. The results indicated that all categories of crimes decreased by 20 percent on average since March 2020, when stay-at-home restrictions were issued. However, they started to rise again up to March 2021, as the restrictions were eased. Theoretical and policy implications were discussed based on the findings.

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